Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock pocket toy and ready to be used

and ready to be used

with a heavy hand wrought brass wheel

Surface rust and general wear as evident

a perfect case in point

3 3/4" x 2 5/8" x 1 1/16"

Incredible Darned and Darned and Darned Child's Sock pocket toy and ready to be usedI wouldn't have predicted one of my favorite finds ever would be a dirty old sock, but what a sock this is! Darned and darned and darned some more, heel, toe, top, bottom, and up the back pure darning terminating in a point that makes the whole think look a little like a Jack in the Pulpit. What a wonder, and about as pure an embodiment of endurance, and resilience, and labor born of necessity as one could imagine. Though not the least bit religious,